Sprout Social
Team publishing, listening and reporting with AI Assist. AI-powered tool, from $99/mo, or $79/mo billed yearly; runs on web. The stack builder picks it for social posts.
What it is known for
- Strengths: plan and schedule content across networks; social listening for trends and insights; AI-assisted replies and premium analytics.
- For: small teams to enterprises and agencies managing many profiles.
- Runs on: web, iOS app, Android app.
- Learning curve: the page does not say.
- Works with: Salesforce, Zendesk, Slack, Shopify, Instagram and TikTok.
Read on October 9, 2026 from sproutsocial.com.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $99/mo, or $79/mo billed yearly | Per seat; $79/mo billed yearly |
| Standard | $199/mo | Per seat, billed yearly |
| Professional | $299/mo | Per seat, billed yearly |
| Advanced | $399/mo | Per seat, billed yearly |
Checked by hand against sproutsocial.com/pricing on October 9, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Essentials.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. Sprout Social is named in these steps:
- Social posts, step 4 of 6, when at least $90 is left for it: Essentials ($99/mo, or $79/mo billed yearly); the step also names Buffer, Metricool, SocialBee, ContentStudio, Predis.ai, Later and Hootsuite, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Alternatives the same rules name
- Buffer: Schedules posts across your social accounts, with an AI assistant that drafts them. From free.
- Metricool: Schedules posts and reports social and ad results in one place. From free.
- SocialBee: Plans posts by category, writes them with an AI copilot and schedules them. From $29/mo.
- ContentStudio: Finds content to share, writes posts with AI and schedules them. From $29/mo, or $19/mo billed yearly.
- Predis.ai: Makes ad creatives, video ads and social posts from a prompt, and schedules them. From $32/mo.
- Later: Visual planner and scheduler for Instagram, TikTok and more. From $25/mo, or $18.75/mo billed yearly.
- Hootsuite: Social scheduling, inbox and reports for teams. From $99/mo billed yearly.
Signals and what people say
- App Store: 4.2 from 1,283 ratings, as of October 9, 2026
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 9, 2026: 0 stories
Change log
- October 9, 2026: added to the tool list; plans and prices first recorded from sproutsocial.com/pricing.
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